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Geography of Reputation: The City as the Locus of Business Opportunity

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Gluckler J. (2007) Geography of reputation: the city as the locus of business opportunity, Regional Studies 41, 949-961. The paper discusses the limits of current cluster theory and theorizes trans-local network externalities as an important cause for the urban agglomeration of knowledge services. A survey of management consulting firms in the metropolitan region of Frankfurt demonstrates that the benefit of co-location in the city lies in the access to reputation networks rather than in the exploitation of local value chain linkages. The city is a locus of opportunity because firms in the city have a higher share of distant clients and because distant clients are won more often through referrals. Cities are reputational nodes for trans-local business development. Gluckler J. (2007) La geographie de la reputation: la grande ville comme vivier d'opportunites commerciales, Regional Studies 41, 949-961. Cet article discute des limites de la theorie des grappes actuelle et emet des theories sur l'importance des effets externes translocaux en reseau comme cause de l'agglomeration urbaine des services de la connaissance. Une enquete menee aupres des cabinets de conseil en gestion situes dans la region metropolitaine de Francfort montre que les avantages de l'emplacement en ville s'explique par l'acces a des reseaux de reputation plutot que par l'exploitation des chaines de valeur locales. La grande ville constitue un vivier d'opportunites car les entreprises y jouissent d'une part plus importante des clients lointains et parce que les clients lointains sont gagnes normalement par recommandation. Les grandes villes sont des noeuds de reputation pour le developpement du commerce translocal. Reseau de villes a l'echelle mondiale Services aux entreprises Conseil Reputation Connaissance Theorie des grappes Gluckler J. (2007) Geografie der Reputation: die Grossstadt als Ort der Geschaftschancen, Regional Studies 41, 949-961. In diesem Beitrag werden die Grenzen der gegenwartigen Cluster-Theorie erortert, und die translokalen Netzwerk-Externalitaten werden als wichtige Ursache fur die urbane Agglomeration von Wissensdiensten theoretisiert. Aus einer Erhebung uber Unternehmensberatungsfirmen im Grossraum Frankfurt geht hervor, dass der Nutzen einer gemeinsamen Grossstadtlage weniger in der Nutzung von lokalen Verknupfungen der Wertschopfungskette als vielmehr im Zugang zu Reputationsnetzen begrundet liegt. Die Grossstadt ist ein Ort der Chancen, denn dort ansassige Firmen haben einen hoheren Anteil an entfernten Kunden, und entfernte Kunden werden haufiger durch Weiterempfehlung gewonnen. Grossstadte sind Reputationsknoten zur Entwicklung von translokalen Geschaften. Weltstadt-Netzwerk Geschaftsdienste Beratung Reputation Wissen Cluster-Theorie Gluckler J. (2007) Geografia de reputacion: la ciudad como centro de oportunidades comerciales, Regional Studies 41, 949-961. En este ensayo se analizan los limites de la teoria actual de agrupacion y se argumenta que las externalidades de redes translocales son una causa importante para la aglomeracion urbana de los servicios de conocimiento. Un estudio de empresas consultoras de gestion en la region metropolitana de Francfort demuestra que el beneficio del emplazamiento comun en la ciudad radica en el acceso a las redes de reputacion mas que en la explotacion de los vinculos con cadenas de valores locales. La ciudad es un centro de oportunidades porque las empresas urbanas tienen una cuota superior de clientes lejanos y este tipo de clientes se adquieren con frecuencia a traves de referencias. Las ciudades son nodos de reputacion para el desarrollo empresarial translocal. Red en las ciudades del mundo Servicios comerciales Consultoria Reputacion Conocimiento Teoria de agrupaciones

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  • Johannes Gluckler, 2007. "Geography of Reputation: The City as the Locus of Business Opportunity," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(7), pages 949-961.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:41:y:2007:i:7:p:949-961
    DOI: 10.1080/00343400601145194
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